Tick Segerblom is a fourth-generation state legislator, and he showed that political maneuvering is in his genes. The state senator pushed through legislation for votes on two vital constitutional amendments: to repeal the tax cap the mining industry uses to escape responsibility, and to repeal the state’s ban on gay marriage.

As usual, the legislature ended as T.S. Eliot said the world would, not with a bang but with a whimper. As we wait to find out what bills Governor Brian Sandoval will sign or veto, a couple of quotations from a roundup of the session’s conclusion speak volumes.